New Openings: Turkish Mom

At Turkish Mom, there really is a Turkish mom. She’s shy, 49 years old, newly arrived from Istanbul, and is adding a new Turkish delight to the menu every day. Turkish Mom used to be the Ambassador, a little-visited Russian-owned outpost of French culture sandwiched between 1001 Nights to the west and the Rumi Persian empire to the east. Now the Ambassador is reborn as Turkish Mom, and the three restaurants form a little kebab corridor on Gongti, just west of Tuanjiehu. If you love Turkish cuisine, you’ll be thinking dolmas: RMB 48 will get you a plate of them at Turkish Mom. Naturally, there are kebabs galore (RMB 55-78), or you can choose from other mouth-watering mains (RMB 35-98) like sultan’s delights (slow-cooked eggplant and lamb) or a wonderful chicken stew with plums and apples on basmati rice. Try the soups (RMB 15-30) – the Turks love them. There’s a good wine list as well.

Turkish Mom
Daily 11am-midnight. 3 Gongti Beilu, Chaoyang District (8532 3979)
土耳其妈妈, 朝阳区工体北路3号

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